Birth name Jaye Adams Role Rapper Occupation(s) Rapper Genres Hip hop music | Instruments Vocals Albums Marauding in Paradise Name Jazz Cartier | |
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Jaye Adams (born March 19, 1993), better known by his stage name Jazz Cartier, is a Canadian hip hop recording artist from Toronto. He is best known for his mixtapes, Marauding in Paradise and Hotel Paranoia.
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- Riot fest toronto 2015 jazz cartier interview
- Jazz cartier dead or alive
- Background
- Musical career
- References
He has twice been a longlisted nominee for the Polaris Music Prize, in 2015 for Marauding in Paradise, and 2016 for Hotel Paranoia, and won the Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2017 for Hotel Paranoia.
Jazz cartier dead or alive
Background
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Cartier (whose stepfather worked as a diplomat) moved frequently in childhood with his family, living at various times in the United States, Barbados and Kuwait. He credits the different types of music he was exposed to in these locations as all having had an influence on his own style as a hip hop musician. he spent most of his high school career at Avon Old Farms, a prestigious all-boys boarding school located in Connecticut.
He was accepted to an art program at Columbia College Chicago in 2012 but, reluctant to move to a new city without anyone he knew, he returned to Toronto.
Musical career
Cartier had worked on an early version of Marauding in Paradise in 2011, but was not satisfied with the album. After moving back to Toronto, he began working with record producer Michael Lantz, and released his first single "Set Fire" in 2014. Performing in Toronto-area music venues, he quickly attracted attention — his track "Switch" was regularly played at Toronto Raptors games by team DJ 4Korners, and at a Toronto Red Bull Sound Select show in March 2015 he was introduced by celebrity rapper Kardinal Offishall.
Marauding in Paradise was released in April 2015.
On February 23, 2016, Jazz Cartier was announced as one of the performers at the 2016 Osheaga Festival.
He was a shortlisted nominee for the 2016 SOCAN Songwriting Prize for his track "Dead or Alive". In 2017 he won a Juno Award for his album Hotel Paranoia.